Swinging closure holder and lock



Oct. 31, 1933. H, BRN-TON 1,932,444

SWINGING CLOSURE HOLDER AND LOCK Filed Feb. 5, 1933 Patented Oct. 31,1933` OFFICE 1,932,444 SWINGING CLOSURE HOLDER AND LOCK Loyal H.Britton, Indianapolis, Ind. Application February 3, 1933. Serial No.654,997

2 Claims.

The object of this invention is to provide a device for holding hingedclosures such as garage and other doors, easement windows and the like,

` in open or closed position.k

Another object is to provide a device for locking the door in closedposition, and a further object is to provide a device which will besimple to install and to operate, which will be cheap to manufacture andwhich will be durable.

I accomplish the above, and other objects, which will hereinafter appearby the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in

which- Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a garage equipped with myinvention on the door and in which the door is in open position;

Fig. 2 is a detail showing my device in the same position as in Fig. l,but on a larger scale and detached from the building and the door, and

Fig. 3 is a detail in side elevation of the parts of the door-end of theholding bar with the wall v loop in the position occupied by it when thedoor is closed and showing the loop locked to the bar.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views ofthe drawing.

The garage wall has an opening with a frame 4 which opening is closed bya hinged door 5. Bolted to the inner side of the door is a plate bearinga staple or eye 6, and bolted to the top of the door-frame in acorresponding position is a U-shaped loop 7. The bottom portion of theloop extends laterally and somewhat downwardly. for reasons hereinafterapparent, and hingedto the rear side of the loop is a pawl-plate Swhichis lifted by a cord l0 threaded through screw eyes 9, 9. Swinging by theframe of the door at the end of the cord is a handle l1 by which thecord is drawn downwardly manually to lift the pawl. v

A brace bar 12 is bent at one end into a hook 13 which is hooked intothe eye 6. The sides of the hook are substantially parallel and are keptfrom spreading apart by a band 14 which also holds the hook in the eye.The short stem of the hook is bent to form a hump 15 thatl nearly closesthe entrance after the band 14 is placed. Formed in the top of the rodnear the hump l5 is a ratchet notch 16. The band 14 is adjustablelongitudinally of the stem to vary the resiliency of the free end of thestem.

`Near, but not at the opposite end of the bar from hook 13 are two bendsforming a shoulder 17 in the same plane as the hook 13. The bar iscontinued parallel with the axis of the rod for a short distance andterminates with a lateral end 18 formed by bending the rod at rightangles. This end of the rod in assembling the device is threaded throughthe loop 7 as shown in the drawing.

When the door is closed the loop 7 is forced past the tapering hump 15and the hump holds the door in lclosed position against all ordinaryexertions to open it, but a vigorous pull will force the loop out againpast the hump, unless held by the engagement of the pawl plate 8 in theratchet notch 16.

The lateral downwardly sloping extension of*v the loop 7 causes the bar12 to enter ther vextension by gravity where the shoulder 17 will bellheld against ordinary wind pressure' on the door. Thepawl plate 8resting on the bar also aids in holding shoulder 17 in the loop.

When it is desired to open the door the pawl plate 8 is disengaged fromnotch 16 by a downward pull on the handle 11.' The handle may be heldldown at times byvhooking it on a nail 18. The door when released isopened until the shoulder 17 is drawn through the loop 7 and the loopwill lock the door against closure under all or` dinary stresses, butwill release upon suflicient pressure easily applied manually to thefree edge of the door. The bent end 18 keeps the rod from beingcompletely withdrawnfrom the loop so long as the other end is hooked toeye 6.

I have herein described and illustrated a preferred embodiment of myinvention, but it will be obvious and I want it understood thatvariouschanges in structure and the relative arrangement of parts may be madewithin the spirit of the invention and scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is: f

l. In controlling means forswinging closures, the combination with aswinging closure having an eye and a closure frame, of a memberdepending from the frame, a bar having a hook at one end engaging theeye, said hook having a short stem with a hump in the stein restrictingVthe space between the stems, means for preventing the spreading of theshort stem away from the bar adjustable in distance from the end of thestem, said bar passing throughy an opening in the member depending fromthe frame and retarded by contact between the depending member and hump.

2. In controlling means for swinging closures, the combination with aswinging closure having an eye and a closure frame, of a memberdepending from the frame, a bar having a hook at one end engaging theeye, said hook having a short y stem with a hump in the stem restrictingthe space between the stems, means for preventing the spreading of theshort stem away from the bar, said bar passing through an opening in themember depending from the frame and means for retarding the return ofthe bar through the depending member to prevent the closing of theclosure, and means for locking the bar and depending member together tolock the closure.

